The Laws Relating to Joint Criminal Enterprise in Australia
The doctrine of ‘joint criminal enterprise’ – also known as complicity or acting with a common purpose – provides that a person may be found guilty of a criminal offence in certain circumstances, even if they did not physically participate...
The Hickey Family Continue to Demand Justice for TJ, 20 Years On
Protesters gathered at TJ Hickey Park at Waterloo Green amongst the public housing towers on 14 February, to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of a 17-year-old Gomeroi boy, whose name the park now bears, as he lost his life...
NSW Government is Fine with Placing Young Lives at Risk This Mardi Gras
The use of condoms and greater access to them was a prominent issue in 1980s Australia, as the HIV/AIDS epidemic was worsening, as was the need for clean needles and syringes for people who inject drugs, which again had the aim of...
Is Doxxing a Criminal Offence In Australia?
The Albanese government is proposing a new criminal offences for ‘doxxing’, after chat logs of a pro-Israeli WhatsApp group in Australia were released online last week. The details were leaked by pro-Palestinian activists who were documenting the involvement of prominent...
Criminal Charges Against Cannabis Campaigners Dropped, Despite Police Attempts to Convict
Cannabis legalisation campaign Who Are We Hurting activists, Alec Zammit and Will Stolk projected dancing cannabis leaves onto the Sydney Opera House at 4.20 am on 20 April 2022, as a cheeky stunt, much like others they’ve conducted in the past,...
Truth Is Misinformation: Wong-Albanese Doublespeak on Gaza
On the second sitting day of federal parliament this year, Greens MP Adam Bandt moved a motion calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. And with the death toll of the Israeli-perpetrated massacre then at more than 27,000 Palestinians,...
Employers May Face Criminal Charges for Contacting Employees After Hours
A law that establishes the legal right for employees to stop employers from contacting them after hours has been approved by the New South Wales parliament. The proposed legislation currently foreshadows the potential of criminal charges being brought against employers...
Restore UNRWA Funding: Photos of 18th Gadigal-Sydney Rally Against Gaza Genocide
A key theme to this week’s Stop the Genocide in Gaza rally, meeting for the 18th week in a row, had a focus on restoring UNRWA funding, as mass starvation has commenced in the Gaza Strip, along with the mass slaughter,...
AFP Radicalise Troubled Autistic Child Then Charge Him With Terrorism Offences
The Victorian Children’s Court heard last October that, after his parents attended a Victoria police station in April 2021 seeking assistance, a 13-year-old autistic boy, who’d developed an obsession with the Islamic State, was radicalised by law enforcement and entrapped into...
The Coronial Process in New South Wales
The NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes delivered its final report right before Christmas. Established in April 2022, the inquiry delved into 34 unsolved murders that took place in Sydney between the years 1970 and 2010, 25 of...
